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Red Feathers (Echium)

Echium amoenum

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ZONES  3-9 | Good to grow! Zone
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Echium amoenum (Red Feathers) is a beautiful, xeric, small growing wildflower from western Asia with unusual russet-red flower spikes that resemble Liatris.

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Overall rating: 4.7272725 / 5 from 11 reviews.

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Planted> off and growing

"Planted> off and growing"

Chris C. (5/5)

Pretty -- hope they spread!

"I love the look. Hope it spreads. I'm using it as a red accent near blanketflower for the most part -- and interplanting it with Wythe's Buckwheat (native here). Have not seen any hummers yet."

Meadow G. (4/5)

Doing great in Zone 4b

"I love how this remains tidy but continues to expand a little each year. It's in clay/loamy soil. Seems to be great getting watered once a week. A favorite of hummingbirds."

Bryear (5/5)

I can't wait to see it in bloom

"I am looking forward to seeing this in bloom. It has been slow growing. But by the pictures it will be awesome. I enjoy your plants. #sweepstakes."

Coach (5/5)

Silly me. This came up this spring.

"It came up and is doing well."

Flower F. (5/5)

Unique and beautiful

"I bought 3 of these to provide some red color in my flowerbeds and provide nectar for hummingbirds. Be aware that the first year you plant them they will be growing to establish themselves, and don't flower. It's in their second year that they'll produce a beautiful spire of red flowers."

Georgia P. (5/5)

Photos didn't go through?

"Y'all's review system is funky. No option to edit or delete already posted reviews, one review I did recently wasn't posted at all, and the very last one I did didn't include the 5 attached photos even though they showed in the review summery after I clicked 'submit review'. This portion of the website needs some adjusting. Anyway, here's the photos that were supposed to be attached to my review titled ""looks best in mass""…if they go through this time…"

Oscarflip (5/5)

Jury still out. . .

"I used it in a succulent and cactus garden. So far its not growing very well. It's not dead yet."

Jim (3/5)

Looks best in mass

"I have to admit, I wasn't sold on these at first. The first year in the ground, they didn't even hardly grow, a basal rosette on one of the three plants I bought literally stayed the exact same size the whole growing season- year two that plant is much less vigorous than the other two and only had one single raceme(a flower spike that blooms from the bottom up). Year three they have many more blooms, and pollinators are all about these! Bees oddly love it, when red is supposedly unattractive to bees since they see in ultraviolet light(these aren't really a true red though), and hummingbirds are definitely drawn to it aswell. Since these start blooming a few weeks before most penstemons, you can really use these to attract hummingbirds, before most of the native hummingbird pollinated plants start blooming. The flowers seem to be a little different on each plant; some are pink, some are maroon, some are red, and I think when planted in large groups, the subtle differences make for a stunning effect, so I'd recommend not planting singly, but in groups of at least five plants. Two of the photos are in my backyard, but the mass plantings shown are in a 'Plant Select' demonstration bed at the Cheyenne botanic gardens."

Oscarflip (5/5)

I would buy again

"Surviving well hasn't bloomed yet it is still a young plant"

Nanny (5/5)

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